Due to bad weather, ballot boxes could not be collected from some centers in Sankhuwasabha, Gorkha-1, and Mugu.
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The counting of votes has not started in three constituencies of the House of Representatives. The counting of votes has not started in Sankhuwasabha, Gorkha-1 and Mugu as the ballot boxes have not been collected.
Due to bad weather in Sankhuwasabha, the ballot boxes from Thudam polling station in Bhotkhola rural municipality have not been brought to the headquarters. Preparations are underway to bring the ballot boxes from there only on Saturday. 13 votes have been cast in Thudam, which has 63 voters.
The army helicopter tried several times to bring the ballot boxes from Thudam on Friday, but it was not possible due to bad weather. DSP Kumar Prasad Mainali informed that the ballot boxes were brought from three geographically remote Bhotkhola villages, Ridak and Kimathanka in Bhotkhola rural municipality and Kampek and Gauthala in Silichong rural municipality-5, on Friday. According to the army's Indradal Gulma, the helicopter could not land in Thudam on Friday due to rain.
In Gorkha-1, ballot boxes from 14 centers in the northern region are yet to be brought to the district headquarters. Due to geographical remoteness, preparations were made to transport ballot boxes from 23 polling centers in Chmunubri by helicopter. However, ballot boxes from only 9 centers were transported in two flights on Friday.
In Chumanubri-3, ballot boxes from the Boudha Himali Basic School Nyak, Buddha Secondary School Film, Pangsing Basic School Pangsing, Film Basic School Pati, and Sidung Basic School Sarsyung centers in Sirdiwas are yet to be brought to the counting center. Similarly, ballot boxes from the Himchuli Basic School Chhak, Prok Basic School Prok, Kwak Abi Kwak, Krak Basic School Krak, Gumba Himali Basic School Dhummat, VDC Bhawan Syo, Community Building Lho, and Health Post Namrung Larkebazar centers in Chumanubri-4 are yet to be collected.
DSP Rajkumar Shrestha of the District Police Office, Gorkha, said that the ballot boxes could not be brought in due to the helicopter flight due to bad weather. “We are preparing to transport the remaining ballot boxes by helicopter on Saturday,” he said. The counting venue for Gorkha-1 has been designated at the District Coordination Committee hall.
In the mountainous district of Mugu in Karnali, ballot boxes from Janajagruti Mavi and Kanjirowa Mavi polling stations in Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality are yet to be collected. The ballot boxes kept at the police station there will be collected only on Saturday, said SSP Ram Prakash Shah, spokesperson of the Provincial Police Office.
